P H I L O S O P H Y

Philosophers' business - its essential features and importance. “Proper philosophers” are non-specialist system builders who take on board a wide range of “essential” philosophical outlooks, and who hold a deep respect for meaningfulness and simple language.

A very long article claiming that there are six basic, mutually exclusive kinds of proposition, none of which is strictly analytic, but which encompass all meaningful expressions about the world and our interaction with it. A propositional scheme is developed from them. Further discussion ensues on the nature of truth and a theory of puportment is proposed. It is also suggested that the boundaries between kinds of proposition are not sacrosanct and that their dissolution will lead to a radically different view of the world.